Climate and average weather in Aguas Calientes
In Aguas Calientes, the weather is cool, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near cool levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around January.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Aguas Calientes typically varies from 2°C to 14°C, and is rarely below -1°C or above 16°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Aguas Calientes for warm-weather activities is from early May to late August.
- Hottest
- Nov
- 14°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 2°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 268 mm
- Driest
- Jun
- 37 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1742 mm
- 299 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.2–12.8 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 0 m
- 13.2°S
- Clearest
- Jul
- 50% cloud
Aguas Calientes is town in Cusco, Peru.
- Founded
- 1901
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Aguas Calientes weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to late August.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Aguas Calientes, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Aguas Calientes stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 14°C and low of 6°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 2°C and high of 12°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Avg low (°C) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 6 |
| Feb | 13 | 6 |
| Mar | 14 | 6 |
| Apr | 14 | 5 |
| May | 13 | 4 |
| Jun | 13 | 3 |
| Jul | 12 | 2 |
| Aug | 13 | 2 |
| Sep | 13 | 4 |
| Oct | 14 | 5 |
| Nov | 14 | 6 |
| Dec | 14 | 6 |
Average hourly temperature in Aguas Calientes
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on November afternoons, near 14°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 2°C.
Aguas Calientes weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° / 6° | 268 | 30.9 | 0.1 | 12.7 | 1.9 |
| Feb | 13° / 6° | 246 | 27.9 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 1.9 |
| Mar | 14° / 6° | 239 | 30.9 | 0 | 12.1 | 1.9 |
| Apr | 14° / 5° | 142 | 28.1 | 0 | 11.7 | 2.2 |
| May | 13° / 4° | 61 | 19.5 | 0 | 11.4 | 3.0 |
| Jun | 13° / 3° | 37 | 13.2 | 0 | 11.2 | 3.3 |
| Jul | 12° / 2° | 39 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 11.3 | 3.2 |
| Aug | 13° / 2° | 57 | 19.3 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 2.8 |
| Sep | 13° / 4° | 89 | 26.1 | 0 | 11.9 | 2.2 |
| Oct | 14° / 5° | 149 | 30.3 | 0 | 12.3 | 2.1 |
| Nov | 14° / 6° | 174 | 29.2 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 14° / 6° | 240 | 30.7 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 2.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Aguas Calientes gets about 1742 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 7.7 months, from around Sep 8 to Apr 30, peaking in January at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 22.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 268 mm over about 31 wet days; June is the driest, with 37 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 93 | 64 | 43 | 43 | 62 | 87 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
| Rain days | 31 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 31 |
| Feb | 100 | 28 |
| Mar | 100 | 31 |
| Apr | 93 | 28 |
| May | 64 | 20 |
| Jun | 43 | 13 |
| Jul | 43 | 13 |
| Aug | 62 | 19 |
| Sep | 87 | 26 |
| Oct | 97 | 30 |
| Nov | 98 | 29 |
| Dec | 99 | 31 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Aguas Calientes collects about 1742 mm of rain across 299 wet days — roughly 145 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 268 mm, while June is the driest at just 37 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 268 | 246 | 239 | 142 | 61 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 89 | 149 | 174 | 240 |
| Rain days | 31 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 268 | 31 | 0 |
| Feb | 246 | 28 | 0 |
| Mar | 239 | 31 | 0 |
| Apr | 142 | 28 | 0 |
| May | 61 | 20 | 0 |
| Jun | 37 | 13 | 0 |
| Jul | 39 | 13 | 1 |
| Aug | 57 | 19 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 26 | 0 |
| Oct | 149 | 30 | 0 |
| Nov | 174 | 29 | 0 |
| Dec | 240 | 31 | 0 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Aguas Calientes, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 29 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around September 19. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 68% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around September 20 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around April 28. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 60 | 68 | 60 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Cloudier (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 88 | 56 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 69 | 92 | 97 | 99 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 100 |
| Feb | 0 | 100 |
| Mar | 0 | 100 |
| Apr | 12 | 88 |
| May | 44 | 56 |
| Jun | 60 | 40 |
| Jul | 68 | 32 |
| Aug | 60 | 40 |
| Sep | 31 | 69 |
| Oct | 8 | 92 |
| Nov | 3 | 97 |
| Dec | 1 | 99 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 12 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around June 9, only 11 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 36 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:38 | 5:52 | 5:57 | 5:59 | 6:05 | 6:13 | 6:17 | 6:07 | 5:47 | 5:26 | 5:17 | 5:23 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:20 | 6:18 | 6:02 | 5:42 | 5:28 | 5:27 | 5:35 | 5:41 | 5:42 | 5:44 | 5:54 | 6:09 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 | 5:38 | 6:20 |
| Feb | 12.4 | 5:52 | 6:18 |
| Mar | 12.1 | 5:57 | 6:02 |
| Apr | 11.7 | 5:59 | 5:42 |
| May | 11.4 | 6:05 | 5:28 |
| Jun | 11.2 | 6:13 | 5:27 |
| Jul | 11.3 | 6:17 | 5:35 |
| Aug | 11.6 | 6:07 | 5:41 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 5:47 | 5:42 |
| Oct | 12.3 | 5:26 | 5:44 |
| Nov | 12.6 | 5:17 | 5:54 |
| Dec | 12.8 | 5:23 | 6:09 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Aguas Calientes averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 12 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around May 6 to Sep 7. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is January, down near 0 sunny days — about 100% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 0 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 0 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 1 | Gloomy |
| May | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 8 | Mixed |
| Jul | 12 | Mixed |
| Aug | 8 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 2 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 0 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 0 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 0 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Aguas Calientes, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Dry (%) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 100 |
| Feb | 100 |
| Mar | 100 |
| Apr | 100 |
| May | 100 |
| Jun | 100 |
| Jul | 100 |
| Aug | 100 |
| Sep | 100 |
| Oct | 100 |
| Nov | 100 |
| Dec | 100 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Aguas Calientes is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | calm |
| Feb | 3 | calm |
| Mar | 3 | calm |
| Apr | 3 | calm |
| May | 3 | calm |
| Jun | 3 | calm |
| Jul | 3 | calm |
| Aug | 3 | calm |
| Sep | 3 | calm |
| Oct | 3 | calm |
| Nov | 3 | calm |
| Dec | 3 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Aguas Calientes
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Aguas Calientes's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Aguas Calientes
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Aguas Calientes throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid August, Aguas Calientes is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Aguas Calientes for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to late August, with a peak score in the second week of June.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 | poor |
| Feb | 1.9 | poor |
| Mar | 1.9 | poor |
| Apr | 2.2 | poor |
| May | 2.9 | poor |
| Jun | 3.3 | poor |
| Jul | 3.1 | poor |
| Aug | 2.8 | poor |
| Sep | 2.2 | poor |
| Oct | 2.1 | poor |
| Nov | 2.1 | poor |
| Dec | 2.0 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Aguas Calientes rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Aguas Calientes, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Aguas Calientes packs about the same all year — highs hold near 14°C. Across the year the things worth having are a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection.
In November, Aguas Calientes sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 29 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Aguas Calientes by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aguas Calientes peaks around January 23 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 9 at about 10 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | Extreme |
| Feb | 18 | Extreme |
| Mar | 17 | Extreme |
| Apr | 15 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 10 | Very high |
| Jul | 10 | Very high |
| Aug | 13 | Extreme |
| Sep | 13 | Extreme |
| Oct | 16 | Extreme |
| Nov | 16 | Extreme |
| Dec | 16 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Aguas Calientes
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 7 | 7.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7.5 |
| Feb | 9 | 7.5 |
| Mar | 8.5 | 7 |
| Apr | 8 | 6.5 |
| May | 7.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 7 | 5 |
| Jul | 7 | 5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 8 | 6.5 |
| Oct | 8.5 | 7 |
| Nov | 9 | 7 |
| Dec | 9 | 7.5 |
Air quality in Aguas Calientes by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Aguas Calientes is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| Level | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | Good |
| Feb | 7 | Good |
| Mar | 8 | Good |
| Apr | 7 | Good |
| May | 7 | Good |
| Jun | 6 | Good |
| Jul | 8 | Good |
| Aug | 13 | Moderate |
| Sep | 16 | Moderate |
| Oct | 13 | Moderate |
| Nov | 11 | Good |
| Dec | 6 | Good |
Growing season
Aguas Calientes is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about August 13 to June 26 (318 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 85 | 91 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 94 | 5 |
| Jul | 85 | 31 |
| Aug | 91 | 14 |
| Sep | 99 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Aguas Calientes banks about 1 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around November.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 0 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 1 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Aguas Calientes receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.6 and 5.8 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | Bright |
| Feb | 4.7 | Bright |
| Mar | 4.7 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.7 | Bright |
| May | 4.7 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.6 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.8 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.3 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.7 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.7 | Bright |
| Nov | 5.5 | Bright |
| Dec | 5.0 | Bright |
Where is Aguas Calientes?
Aguas Calientes sits at 13.2°S, 72.5°W, 0 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Machu Picchu, 0.0 km away.
Topography around Aguas Calientes
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aguas Calientes.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Aguas Calientes has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,013 m around an average of 2,604 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,049 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,623 m.
The land around Aguas Calientes is covered by trees (93%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.
Peru travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type A / B / C
- 220 V · 60 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 51% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $9,684
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.0 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 49%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 8.6
- per 100k, 2021
- Road deaths
- 13.6
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Upper middle
- World Bank
- English
- Moderate
- EF EPI 519
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aguas Calientes (-13.1552°, -72.5226°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).